Story Behind The Song

Man is in deep love with a woman that won't return the feeling. He gets fed up and jumps on his Harley and heads down Route 66 through Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and finally California. He feels free from the "ball & chain" that held him down.

Song Description

This is a country song with rock roots. It can be molded to fit a wide variety of today's male country artists.

Lyrics

(VERSE 1)
Told my baby, good mornin?
She rolled her baby blues
and said, good night.
I didn?t mean to get it wrong.
She said you?ve never ever had it
right, right, right.

I?ve got nothing more to say
I guess I?ll pack my things.
I?ll be headin? on my way
You can keep the ring!

(CHORUS)
I started in Texas
Gallup New Mexico
I started in Texas
Flagstaff Arizona
Oh, what a mess this is
Tryin? to get away.

I rode my horse to L.A.
Spent some time in Frisco Bay
Been runnin? naked in the rain
Since I left that ball and chain.
In Texas. I started in Texas.


(VERSE 2)
Told my baby, ?I love you?
She just turned her back
and walked away.
These things I say are from the heart
She said, ?you never ever felt that
way, way way.

I wonder where our love went wrong
When it jumped the tracks.
All I know, it?s dead and gone
And I ain?t comin? back!

(CHORUS)

(Bridge)
Well it bothers me that it doesn?t bother you
As far as I can see there?s nothin? I can do.
The kind of love I need is in another town
I got on my knees, you just held me down.


(CHORUS)

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